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· 4/8/1996

State Ex Rel. Amy M. v. Kaufman

Citations

  • 470 S.E.2d 205
  • 196 W. Va. 251
  • 1996 W. Va. LEXIS 32

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that prohibition was available to restrain courts from granting improvement periods of greater extent and duration than permitted statutorily
  • recognizing 23 goal “to facilitate the reunification of families whenever that reunification is in the best interests of the children involved”
  • \Prohibition is available to abused and/or neglected children to restrain courts from granting improvement periods of a greater extent and duration than permitted under West Virginia Code §§ 49-6-2(b) and 49-6-5(c) (1995).\
  • ‘‘even where termination of parental rights is justified, a con- tinued relationship between parent and child by means of post-termination visitation may be valuable to the child’s emotional well-being’’
  • ‘‘even where termination of parental rights is justified, a con- tinued relationship between parent and child by means of post-termination visitation may be valuable to the child’s emotional well-being’’
  • “Prohibition is available to abused and/or neglected children to restrain courts from granting improvement periods of a greater extent and duration than permitted under West Virginia Code §§ 49-6-2(b) and 49-6-5(c) (1995).”

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Judges: Workman

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